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[Chinatown and Telegraph Hill taken above California Street and Stockton Street], 1906 April

 Item — Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 58
Image of [Chinatown and Telegraph Hill taken above California Street and Stockton Street]
Image of [Chinatown and Telegraph Hill taken above California Street and Stockton Street]

Scope and Contents

Looking down on a city scene with destroyed buildings that still have some standing remains and much rubble and bricks in the streets. The building on the extreme right is identified as the Hall of Justice with its damaged steeple. There are groups of people scattered around the street. In the background there is a hill with a few buildings standing on the top. A few ships can be seen in the harbor to the right of the photograph.

Dates

  • 1906 April

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Proofs of the negatives and original photographs are kept in cold storage and access requires 24 hours advance notice.

Gelatin dry plate negatives are restricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Edith Irvine Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Reference Supervisor, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, and the L. Tom Perry Board of Curators.

Extent

1 photograph : glass photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

Item-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSSP585.xml

Existence and Location of Copies

Proofs of some photographs held in repository (Box 6 and 7).

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States